Visual Arts Bonhoga marks the start of its 20th anniversary celebrations with the opening of the first show of 2014. Dennis Coutts returns with another showcase of captivating images from the 1960s in Shetland. After the huge success of Sixties’ Exposure at … Dennis Coutts : Sixties Revisited
Visual Arts Artist Mary Modeen discusses her work featured in her new exhibition ‘The Absolutely Other’, showing at Edinburgh Printmakers. Featuring prints, books and models, Modeen creates scenes by applying layer upon layer of images to produce a picture that you could … Mary Modeen : The Absolutely Other
Visual Arts Visual artists Jon Thomson and Alison Craighead introduce their exhibition ‘Maps DNA and Spam’ at Dundee Contemporary Arts. Working in film and print, their work looks at the relationship we have with the Internet, the impact it has had on … Thomson and Craighead : Maps DNA and Spam
Visual Arts Artist Alex Dordoy introduces his first major solo exhibition in a UK public Gallery, persistencebeatsresistance, at Inverleith House, Edinburgh. Utilising different materials such as plaster, silicone and glass, Dordoy’s work explores the role of objects beyond their physical use, representing … Alex Dordoy : persistencebeatsresistance
Visual Arts Art historian Bill Hare, introduces the work of the Boyle Family and their 1969 work Tidal Series, which is on display at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. The Boyle Family consisted of Mark Boyle and Joan Hills, and … Bill Hare : Tidal Series by Boyle Family – How Anything Became Everything
Visual Arts An exploration into the creative potential of a found object, Sally Webber introduces her exhibition ‘An Inexact Science’, at Summerhall. The show features a collection of found objects, some of which were discovered in Webber’s time practicing at Summerhall. The … Sally Webber : An Inexact Science
Visual Arts Photographer Julie Howden introduces her exhibition ‘The Throwbacks – Obsessed About The ’50s’, featuring a collection of photographs studying the sub-culture of 50s style. The Throwbacks – Obsessed About The ’50s is on in the Lower Café Gallery, Summerhall, Edinburgh, … Julie Howden : The Throwbacks – Obsessed About The ’50s
Visual Arts Performance artist Sarah Sanders introduces her piece ‘I Used To’, a live text based work that is part of ‘The Dark Would’ exhibition at Summerhall. Using black paint, Sarah adorns the walls of the Lower Church Gallery corridor with phrases … Sarah Sanders : I Used To
Visual Arts Paul Darling, one half of arts production company ‘Two Little Birds’, introduces their largest ever group exhibition, ‘Boys Keep Swinging’. Featuring the work of artists from New York, London and Manchester, this exhibition explores certain aspects of contemporary society from … Paul Darling : Boys Keep Swinging
Visual Arts Curator Hannah Brocklehurst introduces the National Galleries exhibition, Allan Ramsay at 300. Featuring a large collection of drawings, this exhibition, which celebrates the 300th anniversary of the artist’s birth, displays the commitment Ramsay had to the technique of drawing. This … Hannah Brocklehurst : Allan Ramsay at 300
Visual Arts Artist Fiona Watson presents Glasgow Print Studio’s exhibition ‘Living Proof‘, which features a collection of prints from artists such as Elizabeth Blackadder, Alasdair Gray, Kenny Hunter and many more. The exhibition represents an ongoing preoccupation with animals in artists work, … Fiona Watson : Living Proof
Visual Arts Curator Robin Baillie introduces the Scottish Portrait Gallery’s exhibition ‘The Nation // Live | Work, Union, Civil War, Faith, Roots’. The exhibition features work from five community outreach projects, which looked at the meaning of Scottish history to residents of … Robin Baillie : The Nation // Live | Work, Union, Civil War, Faith, Roots
Visual Arts Curator Anna Robertson introduces ‘Re:new’, a selection of contemporary art from Dundee’s Art Galleries and Museums recent art acquisitions. This exhibition is split into two groups. One group looks at the unusual visual depictions of Dundee, from the response to … Anna Robertson : Re:new
Visual Arts The McManus: Dundee’s Art Gallery and Museum presents an exhibition of paintings from the collection of James Guthrie Orchar. This selection explores the way harbours were depicted frequently as a subject matter in 19th Century art. James Guthrie Orchar (1823–1898) … Kirsty MacNab : Safe Havens
Visual Arts Curator Amy Waugh introduces the exhibition JD Fergusson : Picture of a Celt. Fergusson was a prominent figure in the Scottish Colourists school of painting, and was widely considered as an influential figure in modern British painting in the early … Amy Waugh : Picture of a Celt
Visual Arts Campaigner Heidi Pearson highlights recent efforts to save the Edinburgh Meadows Jawbones brought to the city by Shetland knitters in 1886 to form part of their display at the International Exhibition of Science, Art and Industry. For further information and … Heidi Pearson : Jawbone Walk
Visual Arts Gallery Director Kate Gray introduces Collective’s exhibition ‘Goldin+Senneby: Anti-VWAP’, which forms part of a series of new productions using the infrastructure supporting exhibitions, such as staff, funding, and administrative supports, to develop algorithmic trading models. Anti-VWAP features a commissioned, speculative … Kate Gray : Goldin + Senneby Anti-VWAP
Visual Arts Curator Amy Waugh introduces artist Debbie Lawson’s exhibition ‘Magic Carpet’, featuring sculptural works of flora and fauna, a fox, bear and a flock of seagulls, covered in patterned carpet. Lawson’s inspiration for this exhibition is drawn from the literary classic, … Amy Waugh : Magic Carpet
Visual Arts A Traveller’s Dreams is the new exhibition from artist June Carey, featuring drawings, paintings, etchings and 3D work, inspired by different cultures throughout the world. A Traveller’s Dreams is on at the Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum, until 10th … Elspeth King : A Traveller’s Dreams
Visual Arts Curator Susan Keracher introduces ‘A Silvered Light’, a selection of Scottish art photography drawn from Dundee City’s permanent collection. Featuring the work of Joseph McKenzie, Calum Colvin, Oscar Marzaroli, Maud Sulter, Emma Hamilton, Patricia MacDonald and David Williams, the exhibition … Susan Keracher : A Silvered Light
Visual Arts Helen Scott introduces the Walter Geikie exhibition at the City Art Centre in Edinburgh. Geikie’s work focuses on the poor and working class of Edinburgh, featuring pieces depicting everyday scenes such as neighbours talking in the street or fish wives … Helen Scott : Walter Geikie
Visual Arts Scott Hudson introduces Dundee Contemporary Art’s Winter Print Exhibition, which features work from studio members. A variety of printmaking techniques are on display including litho, screenprinting, etching and collagraph. The exhibition is on at Dundee Contemporary Arts, until the 19th … Scott Hudson : DCA Winter Print Exhibition
Visual Arts Ed Hollis introduces the NVA and The Invisible College’s project Kilmahew/St.Peter’s Seminary, an ambitious undertaking that aims to turn the abandoned Seminary into a building fit for public use. With funding and development, the Seminary could provide a new space … Ed Hollis : The Invisible College
Visual Arts Curator Emma Brasó introduces the Man of the Year exhibition at Glasgow’s Centre for Contemporary Arts. Two artists, Henry Coombes and Carles Congost, present their latest productions. The premiere of Coombes’ new film, Two Discs and a Zed, and some examples from … Emma Brasó : Man of the Year
Visual Arts Showing at Dundee Contemporary Arts, Lenticular is the work of visual artist Hikari Sawa. The installation is a combination of video pieces created with children and an original work of Sawa’s specially created for the venue. The exhibition runs at … Hiraki Sawa : Lenticular
Visual Arts Curator and poet Philip Davenport introduces ‘The Dark Would’, featuring work from world-leading poets and text artists exploring the maze of living and dying. A variety of works from contributors such as Jenny Holzer, Richard Long, Susan Hiller, Tom Phillips, … Philip Davenport : The Dark Would
Visual Arts Camera Histories is the new exhibition from Canadian artist Sylvia Grace Borda. The exhibition features the camera as the main subject of Borda’s work, exploring the role of the camera, utilising found photographs, and creating montages that create a new … Sylvia Grace Borda : Camera Histories
Visual Arts Artist Wendy McMurdo introduces the Jill Todd Photographic Award 2013 exhibition held at Street Level Photoworks, Trongate, Glasgow. Open to emerging photographers from major Photography and Arts degrees in Scotland, the award aims to showcase and support young talent in … Wendy McMurdo : Jill Todd Photographic Award 2013
Visual Arts Exit, Voice and Loyalty is artist Lucy Skaer’s most ambitious exhibition since 2009’s Turner Prize. Taking its title from economist Albert O. Hirschman’s essay on how change comes about through dissent, this exhibition presents work in ceramics, litho, sculpture and … Claire Jackson : Exit, Voice and Loyalty
Visual Arts Director of the Fruitmarket Gallery Fiona Bradley, introduces the Louise Bourgeois exhibition ‘I Give Everything Away’. Featuring a collection of drawings and writings from her ‘Insomnia Drawings’, ‘When Did This Happen?’ and ‘I Give Everything Away’ series, Bourgeois’s work explores … Louise Bourgeois : I Give Everything Away
